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1. Advantageous products …
need the right materials
Wire drawing dies
- Natural Diamond in <111>
- Polycrystalline Diamond (PCD)
- Tungsten Carbide

2. Natural Diamond in <111>
Diamond is carbon in crystalline form.
Crystals have direction-dependent (anisotropic) material
properties.
The hardness of diamond is also dependent on the direction.
Optimal use of raw materials only by exact orientation!
To determine this orientation a clear and easily detectable crystal
form is necessary. REDIES exclusively buys for the ND dies
octahedron (double pyramid) or round dodecahedron models.
HIGH PRESSURE SINTERING
After optical centering in casings made of crack-detected stainless steel
the sintering process is carried out at 200 bar and 950 °C. Fine-grain nickel
base alloys or silver blended bronze alloys provide a "corset" to pre-stress
the ND or PCD.
Only the conductive sintering method is applied at REDIES with ND or PCD
dies. In contrast to the induction heating in this case the maximum
temperature is generated in the center of the workpiece. Thus optimal
embedding of the diamond resulting in good absorption of the drawing stress
and dissipation of the process heat.
Expert diamond cutters enlarge the parallel
surfaces so that the die geometry can be placed in
a regular cylindrical diamond body.
The second and equally important feature of the
materials selected by us is the inner cleanliness.
Stones with inclusions, gas bubbles or micro-
cracks are not used, as these impurities would
appear later on the inner surface of the die.
Our REDIES dies show the best results for
dimensional accuracy (roundness) and tool
life. The small triangle engraved on the front
of our ND drawing dies is the symbol for the
triangular octahedron face which is exactly
perpendicular laser-pierced.
The colour of the diamonds is rather
unimportant for our technical purposes. Our
purchase of rough diamonds takes place
where mass flows of diamond are processed
into jewelry.
100 % of our goods have a certification in
accordance with the Kimberley Process,
whereby the trade in conflict-diamonds is
counteracted.
see: www.kimberleyprocess.com
With an ideal crystal orientation 6 hard
"nodes" occur around the perimeter of the
bore. Cannot be better! For this the drilling
must be perpendicular to one of the
octahedral faces, i.e. in the crystalline
direction <111>.
Dodecahedron
Octahedron
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3. Perfection &
ompetence inC
Diamond
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POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND (PCD)
REDIES manufactures PCD materials from all well-known PCD producers into
wire dies according to customers standards. Especially at great strain in steel
drawing the dies made with MANT PCD have been proven as outstanding.
The MANT blanks are produced with focus on the selection of raw materials:
- Extremely clean diamond powder. Impurities less than 70 ppm.
- Very narrow range of grain size.
- Blocky structure of the crystals lacking "needles" and brittle "plates".
The sequence of SEM photograph images is showing the structure before and
after the high-pressure liquid-phase sintering at different magnifications.
The images are taken from a standard material with 5 micron grain size.
What's really striking is the blocky structure of the original grains.
Interesting also what can not be seen on the pictures. Small and large crystals
outside the narrow bandwidth are entirely absent
(see also the distribution diagram).
The diamond matrix generated in the synthesis process on the images to the
right (92 % C + 8 % Co) shows the best amalgamation, i.e. bridging of the
diamond crystals.
The remaining cobalt is formed in a globular shape. An extremely stable diamond
"skeleton" has been created.
Batch No.: 11316 Type/Size: SYM 3-5
MICRON DIAMOND POWDER INSPECTION REPORT
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5
10
15
20
25
30
35
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0
4.5
5.0
5.5
6.0
6.5
7.0
7.5
8.0
8.5
9.0
9.5
10.0
10.5
11.0
11.5
12.0
12.5
13.0
13.5
14.0
14.5
15.0
15.5
16.0
16.5
17.0
17.5
18.0
18.5
19.0
Number%
Microns
(longest particle dimension)
Measured by VM Image Analysis
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MANT self-supporting PCD blanks
type dimension
D x H
in mm
max. wire
diameter
in mm *
specific
volume
MSD-6 2.5 x1.0 0.5 1
MSD-12 3.2 x 1.5 1.0 2
MSD-14 4.0 x 2.0 1.2 5
MSD-15 5.2 x 2.5 1.5 10
MSD-18 5.2 x 3.5 2.0 14
The "all-in-one" :MANT MSD-14
- Closes the huge gap in the size range between D-12 and D-14
- Can be used in the wire range from 0.2 up to 2 mm
- With 25 micron grain size excellent for drawing stainless steel
1µm
2µm
1µm
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* for new dies
MSD-14
D = 4 mm
H = 2 mm
MTD-12
MTD-15
MTD-18
MSD-6
MSD-12
MSD-15
MSD-18
MTD-21
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4. REDIES
REDIES
Aachen
Giussano
(Milano)
Vamberk
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CZ
IT
REDIES
3 production facilities in the center of Europe
MANT PCD with conical fit in the tungsten carbide ring
support.
For wire diameters 1.5-2.0 mm and up the MANT PCD
show higher structural stability than those in cylindrical
setting of other brands.
The axial component of the drawing force is absorbed in
a better way.Thus risk of breakage is reduced.
REDIES - your flexible wire die maker "near-by"
Examples of PCD profile tools
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B
R
B
A
2.2
0.414
R
0.7
α
β
8.05
5.04
0.58
0.62
0.04
0.2
R 0.1
R 0.1
0.85
0.5
PCD profile tools are more and more substituting tungsten
carbide tools. Some materials and certain strengths can be
drawn economically only with PCD profiles.
REDIES customized profiles are made in the right
tolerances according to the customer designs. Please feel
free to contact us!
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A
7.0
13.0
7.0
13.0
5.34.0
7.8
7.1
14.2
5.14.1
MTD-21
MTD-24
7.1
14.2
7.6
D21
D24
other PKD MANT
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